Wisconsin Paper Lets Readers Choose Page One Stories

So, will the readers put eyecandy on the front page or news that's fit to print? I go with wisdome of the crowds. Wisconsin Paper Lets Readers Choose Page One Stories: "James Baughman, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the nearby University of Wisconsin-Madison, compared Journal editors to legendary baseball owner Bill Veeck, who once let fans of his St. Louis Browns vote from the stands on whether a batter should hit or bunt, and where fielders should play. " Ha ha, you know what? Veeck's team won. From baseball-statistics.com

Fans Managers' Night - August 24th, 1951: In another of Bill Veeck’s legendary PR stunts, "Fans Managers’ Night," the Browns defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 5–3. Manager Zack Taylor was outfitted for the game in slippers and civilian clothes, and sat at the top of the dugout in a rocking chair. Fans had been asked to pick the Browns' starting lineup from a ballot printed in a St. Louis newspaper. At each strategic juncture in the game, the Browns coaches and Veeck's publicity man (Bob Fishel) held up placards for 1,115 fans, who voted "yes" or "no" on the options given them - things like "SHALL WE WARM UP THE PITCHER?" or "INFIELD BACK?" The fans would decide, and a circuit judge would quickly tally the votes, relaying the instructions to Johnny Berardino in the third-base coach's box. Adding to the festivities was Max Patkin, the clown prince of baseball, who coached at 1B for several innings. Sherm Lollar, who was voted in behind the plate instead of Matt Batts, has three hits including a homer, and Hank Arft, also voted in, knocked home two. Gus Zernial's 28th HR, off Ned Garver, accounted for all the A's runs. When the stunt was announced on August 15th, A's GM Art Ehlers bitterly denounced it as "farcical."

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